Arissa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-RISS-a
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,690 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,351 for girls
Arissa is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,690th for girls in the UK (18 babies) and 4,351st for girls in the US (32 babies).
Is Arissa a girl's or a boy's name?
Arissa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the UK and 32 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arissa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,690among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were named Arissa, making it the 1,690th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,033rd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 70 girls.
Half of all the girls named Arissa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,639th in England and Wales.
Arissa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,690 |
| 2024 | 25 | #1,356 |
| 2023 | 23 | #1,451 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2021 | 27 | #1,295 |
| 2020 | 35 | #1,033 |
| 2019 | 27 | #1,285 |
| 2018 | 38 | #1,011 |
| 2017 | 37 | #1,041 |
| 2016 | 48 | #850 |
| 2015 | 39 | #994 |
| 2014 | 63 | #692 |
| 2013 | 57 | #752 |
| 2012 | 70 | #643 |
| 2011 | 41 | #936 |
| 2010 | 34 | #1,055 |
| 2009 | 38 | #947 |
| 2008 | 30 | #1,090 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,477 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
How popular is Arissa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,351among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 50,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the US were named Arissa, making it the 4,351st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,167th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 221 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
2025 had more girls named Arissa than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Arissa in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arissa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,351 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,667 |
| 2023 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 27 | #4,829 |
| 2020 | 33 | #4,167 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 44 | #3,496 |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,768 |
| 2016 | 58 | #2,902 |
| 2015 | 68 | #2,619 |
| 2014 | 68 | #2,580 |
| 2013 | 73 | #2,458 |
| 2012 | 81 | #2,315 |
| 2011 | 81 | #2,298 |
| 2010 | 76 | #2,451 |
| 2009 | 100 | #2,041 |
| 2008 | 95 | #2,122 |
| 2007 | 105 | #1,957 |
| 2006 | 88 | #2,186 |
| 2005 | 163 | #1,340 |
| 2004 | 144 | #1,430 |
| 2003 | 221 | #1,034 |
| 2002 | 75 | #2,196 |
| 2001 | 51 | #2,840 |
| 2000 | 41 | #3,266 |
| 1999 | 49 | #2,779 |
| 1998 | 54 | #2,527 |
| 1997 | 68 | #2,067 |
| 1996 | 43 | #2,792 |
| 1995 | 60 | #2,211 |
| 1994 | 74 | #1,900 |
| 1993 | 38 | #3,047 |
| 1992 | 31 | #3,497 |
| 1991 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
Names like Arissa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amara Amira Ayla Aria Ariana Amaya Safa Alora Syeda Aaliyah Khadija Ava
Names related to Arissa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Arissa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arissa, updated 20 October 2026.